Horseshoe.



PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904.-

R E. JOHNSON.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 19oz.

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ROBERT E. JOHNSON, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,901, dated June 28, 1904.

Application filed July 9, 1902- Serial No. 1l4,901. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, ROBERT E. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Horseshoe, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a horseshoe provided with a pad of rubber or analogous material to relieve the shock to the horse due to striking the hoof on the ground.

The invention comprises the combination, with the shoe proper, of a compressible frame arranged to be clamped on the shoe and carrying the pad which engages the ground as the horse travels.

This specification is an exact description of one example of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the frame. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the shoe. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the shoe; and Fig. 6 is a detail cross-section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1, showing the shoe-frame and pad in operative connection.

The shoe a may be of the ordinary structure, excepting that its outer edges a are inclined or beveled inward as they extend upward from the bottom face of the shoe. The shoe is adapted to be nailed to the hoof of the horse in the usual manner.

The compressible frame is formed of metal in two sections 7), these sections being hingedly connected together by the pin 6 and forming a structure following the shape of the shoe, excepting that the heel part of the shoe is omitted in the frame. The frame is provided with an u Manny-projecting and slightly inwardly-slanting flange 6 terminating, if desired, inupward extensions or lips 5 These flanges and their extensionsb are adapted to engage the beveled edge a of the shoe,

and when the sections '6 are drawn together,

. buckle said parts of the frame will be drawn toward each other and the flanges b clamped against the beveled edge a of the shoe. This holds the frame securely on the shoe.

The frame-sections are provided at each edge with downwardly-projecting flanges I)", and between these flanges is placed a pad (Z, which is formed, preferably, of rubber in an integral piece extending around the shoe, as shown in Fig.1. The pad is held in place between the flanges b by a lacing e of wire or the like. I r

In the use. of the invention the shoe is nailed to the hoof in the usual manner, and then the frame is applied with its flanges b to the beveled edge a of the shoe. The turnbuckle c is tightened, and thus the frame is secured. The pad (Z having been previously secured to the frame, the application of the shoe .will then be complete. If at any time it is necessary to repair the pad or the frame, this may be done without removing the shoe. It will be observed that by means of the peculiarlyconstructed frame the pad is held on the shoe with absolute security and cannot be accidentally dislocated. In horseshoe-pads as usually employed the pads cannot be effectually secured to the shoe, and they are frequently falling from the hoofs. The prime feature of my invention is that this accidental dislocation of the pads is prevented.

Various changes in the form and details of my invention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit of my invention. Hence I consider myself entitled to all such forms of the invention as may lie'within the intent of my claims.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of a horseshoe, a frame formed of two hingedly-connected sections having portions adapted to engage the outer edges of the horseshoe, means for clamping said portions against the shoe, and a pad carried by the frame.

2. The combination of a horseshoe, a frame formed in two hingedly-eonneeted sections, such sections having upwardly extending flanges arranged to engage the outer edge of the horseshoe, means for drawing together said sections of the frame, for the purpose specified, and a pad carried by the frame.

3. The combination of a horseshoe, a frame, means for fastening the frame to the shoe, a pad, and a wire passed through the pad and ROBERT E. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

(J. R. BRODEX, CHARLES ALVIN Rooms. 

